Okay. So, since I am having a hard time getting started here, I will commence making a list of what my day consisted of:
1. Woke up. It was pouring outside. Derrin had made a good strong fortifying brew of coffee for me (bless you, my son), and after my first cup I drove both kids to school so they could avoid the wet walk to the bus.
2. Had a second cup of coffee.
3. Started a third.
4. Off to school to go on a field trip with The Derrin and his class. Experienced a bus ride with lots of loud and kinda smelly 10 year olds (Derrin being the exception of that description, of course). Our destination: The Smoke Jumper Visitor Center, where we learned about all things pertaining to Smoke Jumpers.
Thing that stands out in my mind: To be a Smoke Jumper, you must be sized from 5'3" 120 lbs. to 6'6" 200 lbs. I am baffled how a little 120 pounder would be able to jump out of a plane into trees, cut herself out of the parachute to get out of the trees (because it seemed like that was a pretty common occurrence?), climb out of tree to get off backpack and other carry-ables (all weighing in at 120 lbs. themselves!) and then climb back up the tree to retrieve the stuck parachute, then climb back down the tree and haul her massive pack to make camp and then go cut down trees and chop fire lines. It would take a stronger woman than myself to do all that, or want to do all that. I want to meet a little woman that has done all of that someday. Anyways, Derrin took a lot of pictures (I'll post some) and it was good to hang out with him.
5. Grabbed lunch for Derrick and myself, came home, balanced Quickbooks (I am practically an EXPERT at this point. It may be time to start hiring myself out to help other companies with THEIR Quickbook questions. Heh.), worked on Derrick's website issues, worked on marketing, just plain worked.
6. Dropped a giant, and very full jar of pickles. Spent the next half hour cleaning pickles and pickle juice off the kitchen floor. Tried to see the bright side: Vinegar is a good cleaner, even if it DOES smell like garlic. My house may smell like pickles for awhile. I may smell like pickles for awhile.
7. Went to the library. Finally invested the dollar to replace my library card AND paid the fine I have owed for two years. Such a clean slate. Kids both got tons of books.
8. Dinner. Derrick made his beautiful Salmon, rice and corn.
9. And then our Family Study. Nice lesson on praying for strength, and also about our motivations.
10. Took a picture of these flowers, because they were beautiful and the sun was finally out, shining through their petals:
11. Put the kids to bed.
1. Woke up. It was pouring outside. Derrin had made a good strong fortifying brew of coffee for me (bless you, my son), and after my first cup I drove both kids to school so they could avoid the wet walk to the bus.
2. Had a second cup of coffee.
3. Started a third.
4. Off to school to go on a field trip with The Derrin and his class. Experienced a bus ride with lots of loud and kinda smelly 10 year olds (Derrin being the exception of that description, of course). Our destination: The Smoke Jumper Visitor Center, where we learned about all things pertaining to Smoke Jumpers.
Thing that stands out in my mind: To be a Smoke Jumper, you must be sized from 5'3" 120 lbs. to 6'6" 200 lbs. I am baffled how a little 120 pounder would be able to jump out of a plane into trees, cut herself out of the parachute to get out of the trees (because it seemed like that was a pretty common occurrence?), climb out of tree to get off backpack and other carry-ables (all weighing in at 120 lbs. themselves!) and then climb back up the tree to retrieve the stuck parachute, then climb back down the tree and haul her massive pack to make camp and then go cut down trees and chop fire lines. It would take a stronger woman than myself to do all that, or want to do all that. I want to meet a little woman that has done all of that someday. Anyways, Derrin took a lot of pictures (I'll post some) and it was good to hang out with him.
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| A picture of a picture. No blue skies today. |
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| Smoke Jumpers have to sew their own fire resistant jumping clothes. |
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| Ropes to hang/dry parachutes |
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5. Grabbed lunch for Derrick and myself, came home, balanced Quickbooks (I am practically an EXPERT at this point. It may be time to start hiring myself out to help other companies with THEIR Quickbook questions. Heh.), worked on Derrick's website issues, worked on marketing, just plain worked.
7. Went to the library. Finally invested the dollar to replace my library card AND paid the fine I have owed for two years. Such a clean slate. Kids both got tons of books.
8. Dinner. Derrick made his beautiful Salmon, rice and corn.
9. And then our Family Study. Nice lesson on praying for strength, and also about our motivations.
10. Took a picture of these flowers, because they were beautiful and the sun was finally out, shining through their petals:
11. Put the kids to bed.
12. Gave Kloes's lizard Lizzy another warm bath and put vege oil on her. I'm worried about her:( She hasn't eaten in quite awhile. All the message boards I've gone to say warm baths and oil. Hoping she feels better soon.
13. Actually, this is what I didn't do today, or any other day for the last week: Run. Between the rain and the millions of things I've been doing, when in the world am I supposed to run. *sigh* Had a feeling that THAT would be the thing to slip through the cracks. Darn it.
14. Watched flooding happen all around us. I think that we are going to be okay where we are- it would have to come up quite a bit to get us. I hope.
15. Wrote this blog.
And I will call that The End. Of this day.
14. Watched flooding happen all around us. I think that we are going to be okay where we are- it would have to come up quite a bit to get us. I hope.
15. Wrote this blog.
And I will call that The End. Of this day.
1 comment:
The feild trip that day wwas FUN!I had fun mom liked it too.I didnt know about the whole pickel thing.Mom didnt smell like garlic.Mabey she took a shower.?Mom is really good about showers.She even took a shower in clorine today so did Mary Ann.They were in an intertube i pulled them under the waterfalls,while they got soaked!
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